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So, the rumours of Nurgle being the prime antagonist were true then:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/b7qzhmxz/announcing-warhammer-quest-darkwater/

And Beastmen?

And those heroes...The Old World?

It literally says Mortal Realms in the tag there.

Oooh! Pestigor! Been a while since we’ve seen them.

Yeah, I got excited and over looked it.

But wait a minute...didn't they remove Beastmen from AOS?

I think that's AOS, the Mortal Realms. Predicting we see a return to more boxed games and side projects for GW. A way to reengage fans

Launching platform for new Pestigors and Plaguebearers, as expected.

What's with the knight? Testing the waters for an AoS-ified Bretonnia?

I love Warhammer Quest so this is a very pleasant surprise, I thought after Cursed City we would never see it again.....

Bit sad that the rumour we would get one Fantasy followed by one 40K wasn't true. Would love to see more Blackstone Fortress or equivalent.

I know its AOS (it says so on the pc) but thats probably the most Warhammer pic I have seen from AOS I can;t see a single thing that would not work in the Old World?

Love the art.

SamusDrake wrote:
Yeah, I got excited and over looked it.

But wait a minute...didn't they remove Beastmen from AOS?

They still exist, their army just went ToW only. Slaangors/Tzaangors remained in their respective armies.

Seeing the cover art with bestmen, a non Kharadron/Fyreslayer Dwarf, a very bretonnia-esque Knight and nothing that immediately says "age of sigmar", i thought it was The Old World at first. Seems a bit strange that it's not.

That cover art is seriously doing its best to evoke classic fantasy vibes and pretend it isn't AoS. Not that it's a terrible idea. The setting has more than enough range to allow for something closer to WHQ's original tone. Bit sad that it's Nurgle (or Chaos in general really) but whatever.

A damsel and a Bret...Broovifrenchi Nightswordbrethern make that the most OG Warhammer looking AoS cover art

No_Marines_Here wrote:
Launching platform for new Pestigors and Plaguebearers, as expected.

What's with the knight? Testing the waters for an AoS-ified Bretonnia?

I’m not entirely sure those are Plaguebearers as we know them.

The heads are right (single eye, horn). But they seem not just uncharacteristic bulky, but Troll Sized Bulky.

Possibly the return of Plague Trolls?


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Oooh, right up the back? That’s almost Slough Feg, that is!

That party looks remarkably boring

Taking bets whether this will at least be compatible with Cursed City?

No_Marines_Here wrote:
Launching platform for new Pestigors and Plaguebearers, as expected.

What's with the knight? Testing the waters for an AoS-ified Bretonnia?

Just an alternative style Arch-Knight

The rumours did say "Rockgut Troggoths but Nurgle", so that checks out. Very keen for this, both as the softlaunch for a new Nurgle refresh and to see what new niches they'll carve out. Love the low-er fantasy style for the heroes in the box art, my only cosmetic gripe with Cursed City was the way the eclectic heroes grated against the dark and grimy dead city

So far there’s only been compatibility between the first two AoS ones.

Whilst of course we don’t know more right now? I wish GW would Commit To The Bit and do a Proper Fat Bestiary for this one. Let us use whichever toys we have in our collection to populate a dungeon.

They very nearly kinda did it with Hammerhal, where they released loads of Adventurer Rules based on existing character models. But to be honest? Too many Heroes spoil the Spelunking Broth.

It’s variety of victims monsters that I crave.

Not only does it keep options as fresh as can be? But it’s a great excuse for a hobbyist to buy a box here and there. And that is damned good for sales.

Looks interesting! Does feel like there's something of a thematic overlap with Shadows Over Hammerhal though?

Oh, hells yes! ^_^ I'm really surprised they didn;t save this for Warhammer Day in a few weeks - unless they know some leakers have access to a lot more details...

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

No_Marines_Here wrote:
Launching platform for new Pestigors and Plaguebearers, as expected.

What's with the knight? Testing the waters for an AoS-ified Bretonnia?

I’m not entirely sure those are Plaguebearers as we know them.

The heads are right (single eye, horn). But they seem not just uncharacteristic bulky, but Troll Sized Bulky.

Possibly the return of Plague Trolls?


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Oooh, right up the back? That’s almost Slough Feg, that is!

I agree with you and Tim the Biovore: They're hefty rotters rather than normal Plaguebearers.

Hopefully this release goes better than the last one.

Looking at the heroes....I am intrigued too. Though I don't know about the game itself. I just really don't like the modern Quest mechanics compared to the original way it played.

I do hope there's a wider selection of heroes in the box, but I am looking forward to more previous at the very least.

Interesting protagonists, looking like a Brettonian Damsel and Knight, then Empire Knight and classsic Dwarf.

SamusDrake wrote:
But wait a minute...didn't they remove Beastmen from AOS?

The lore explanation for Beasts of Chaos leaving AoS is that the 4 Chaos Gods needed re-inforcements. They took from the undivided ranks of the Beastmen, leaving the BoC as a faction devastated and largely irrelevant in the story of AoS. They dropped some plot hooks to leave it open for their return, but that's going to be a ways off probably, if at all.

Tzaangor stayed put in Disciples of Tzeentch, Slaangor stayed in Hedonites of Slaanesh. Now we have Pestigor coming, which makes me hopeful that Blades of Khorne get their own variant down the road.


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Angronsrosycheeks wrote:
I do hope there's a wider selection of heroes in the box, but I am looking forward to more previous at the very least.

That was my immediate thought as well, but maybe they'll do like classic WHQ and release character packs.

That’s not a bretonian. Obviously the main POV character is from the Flesheater courts. It only looks like an old world bret in an AoS setting.

SamusDrake wrote:
But wait a minute...didn't they remove Beastmen from AOS?

Get ready to re-base them for a third time!

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Get ready to re-base them for a third time!

Okay, now they are mentally ****ing with us!

Crazy we have our first "normal" duardin in Age of Sigmar after a decade

If these are the not plaguebearers, they seems to be a huge missed opportunity. Nothing more boring than when a new unit is the same as an old one but bigger.

But let's wait and see